diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/PublicApiController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/PublicApiController.php
index c28ad1283..88dcfab71 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/PublicApiController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/PublicApiController.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use App\{
     Hashtag,
+    Follower,
     Like,
     Media,
     Notification,
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ class PublicApiController extends Controller
 
     public function __construct()
     {
-        $this->middleware('throttle:200, 15');
+        $this->middleware('throttle:200, 30');
         $this->fractal = new Fractal\Manager();
         $this->fractal->setSerializer(new ArraySerializer());
     }
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ class PublicApiController extends Controller
     {
         $profile = Profile::whereUsername($username)->first();
         $status = Status::whereProfileId($profile->id)->find($postid);
+        $this->scopeCheck($profile, $status);
         $item = new Fractal\Resource\Item($status, new StatusTransformer());
         $res = [
         	'status' => $this->fractal->createData($item)->toArray(),
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ class PublicApiController extends Controller
         $limit = $request->limit ?? 10;
         $profile = Profile::whereUsername($username)->first();
         $status = Status::whereProfileId($profile->id)->find($postId);
+        $this->scopeCheck($profile, $status);
         if($request->filled('min_id') || $request->filled('max_id')) {
             if($request->filled('min_id')) {
                 $replies = $status->comments()
@@ -100,4 +103,47 @@ class PublicApiController extends Controller
         $res = $this->fractal->createData($resource)->toArray();
         return response()->json($res, 200, [], JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
     }
+
+    protected function scopeCheck(Profile $profile, Status $status)
+    {
+        if($profile->is_private == true && Auth::check() == false) {
+            abort(404);
+        } 
+
+        switch ($status->scope) {
+            case 'public':
+            case 'unlisted':
+                $user = Auth::check() ? Auth::user() : false;
+                if($user && $profile->is_private) {
+                    $follows = Follower::whereProfileId($user->profile->id)
+                        ->whereFollowingId($profile->id)
+                        ->exists();
+                    if($follows == false && $profile->id !== $user->profile->id) {
+                        abort(404);
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+
+            case 'private':
+                $follows = Follower::whereProfileId($user->profile->id)
+                    ->whereFollowingId($profile->id)
+                    ->exists();
+                if($follows == false && $profile->id !== $user->profile->id) {
+                    abort(404);
+                }
+                break;
+
+            case 'direct':
+                abort(404);
+                break;
+
+            case 'draft':
+                abort(404);
+                break;
+            
+            default:
+                abort(404);
+                break;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Transformer/Api/EmojiTransformer.php b/app/Transformer/Api/EmojiTransformer.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d7fd10f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Transformer/Api/EmojiTransformer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Transformer\Api;
+
+use League\Fractal;
+
+class EmojiTransformer extends Fractal\TransformerAbstract
+{
+    public function transform($emoji)
+    {
+        return [
+            'shortcode' 			=> '',
+            'static_url'			=> '',
+            'url'					=> '',
+            'visible_in_picker' 	=> false
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Transformer/Api/InstanceTransformer.php b/app/Transformer/Api/InstanceTransformer.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc7783bc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Transformer/Api/InstanceTransformer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Transformer\Api;
+
+use App\Instance;
+use League\Fractal;
+
+class InstanceTransformer extends Fractal\TransformerAbstract
+{
+    public function transform(Instance $instance)
+    {
+        return [
+            'uri'               => $instance->url,
+            'title'             => null,
+            'description'       => null,
+            'email'             => null,
+            'version'           => null,
+            'thumbnail'         => null,
+            'urls'              => [],
+            'stats'             => [],
+            'languages'         => null,
+            'contact_account'   => null
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Transformer/Api/NotificationTransformer.php b/app/Transformer/Api/NotificationTransformer.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5afa1b60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Transformer/Api/NotificationTransformer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Transformer\Api;
+
+use App\Notification;
+use League\Fractal;
+
+class NotificationTransformer extends Fractal\TransformerAbstract
+{
+	protected $defaultIncludes = [
+		'account',
+		'status',
+	];
+
+	public function transform(Notification $notification)
+	{
+		return [
+			'id'       		=> $notification->id,
+			'type'       	=> $this->replaceTypeVerb($notification->action),
+			'created_at' 	=> (string) $notification->created_at,
+			'account' 		=> null,
+			'status' 		=> null
+		];
+	}
+
+	public function includeAccount(Notification $notification)
+	{
+		return $this->item($notification->actor, new AccountTransformer());
+	}
+
+	public function includeStatus(Notification $notification)
+	{
+		$item = $notification->item;
+		if(get_class($item) === 'App\Status') {
+			return $this->item($item, new StatusTransformer());
+		} else {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public function replaceTypeVerb($verb)
+	{
+		$verbs = [
+			'follow' => 'follow',
+			'mention' => 'mention',
+			'reblog' => 'share',
+			'like' => 'favourite',
+		];
+		return $verbs[$verb];
+	}
+}
diff --git a/config/pixelfed.php b/config/pixelfed.php
index c238da959..dbb99cac8 100644
--- a/config/pixelfed.php
+++ b/config/pixelfed.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ return [
     | This value is the version of your PixelFed instance.
     |
     */
-    'version' => '0.2.1',
+    'version' => '0.3.0',
 
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------